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HHAeXchange published its 2026 Homecare Insights: Provider Voices survey, aggregating operational data from 465 home- and community-based services (HCBS) agencies.Compliance ranked as the #1 business priority for HCBS providers for the second consecutive year, with "ensuring a competitive advantage" ranking last, signaling a broader strategic focus on operational stability over outward growth.Regulatory pressures negatively impacted 52.1% of agencies over the last 12
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Epitel Closes $26M to Commercialize REMI Remote EEG Platform
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Salt Lake City-based digital health innovator Epitel, Inc. closed a $26M Series B funding round co-led by Catalyst Health Ventures and Genoa Ventures.The Series B financing supports the nationwide commercial footprint expansion of Epitel’s REMI® Remote EEG Monitoring System and REMI Vigilenz™ AI For Event Detection.Out of 9.2 million Americans experiencing seizures annually, 40% lack basic EEG access—largely because only 27% of U.S. hospitals possess native EEG diagnostic
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DeepHealth Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for AI-Driven Breast Ultrasound Automation
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DeepHealth, Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of RadNet, Inc.) received FDA 510(k) clearance for DeepHealth Breast Ultrasound, an AI platform automating lesion detection, ACR BI-RADS characterization, and reporting.The commercial software allows U.S. healthcare providers to pursue reimbursement under an existing Category III CPT code for quantitative ultrasound tissue characterization.RadNet plans to deploy the platform across its national outpatient network by the end of
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GE HealthCare Launches Invenia ABUS Prime for Dense Breast Screening
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GE HealthCare officially launched Invenia™ ABUS (Automated Breast Ultrasound) Prime and ABUS StreamVue™, extending its diagnostic ultrasound portfolio targeting dense breast tissue.ABUS StreamVue received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance and CE Marking as a zero-footprint, browser-based reading platform developed in collaboration with Candelis, Inc. to enable remote multi-site exam review.Dense breasts affect approximately 40% of women across the U.S. and Europe, elevating
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Vizient’s Summer 2026 Outlook Projects 3.39% Overall Healthcare Inflation
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Healthcare performance improvement company Vizient released its Summer 2026 Spend Management Outlook, projecting an overall supply chain, capital, and purchased services price inflation rate of 3.39% for 2027.Indirect spend and purchased services represent the highest growth category at 4.73% projected inflation, heavily driven by investments in IT hardware and software (6.29%), IT security (8.50%), construction (4.70%), and non-medical capital equipment (4.15%).Total
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Wolters Kluwer Health Partners with Epic to Deliver Integrated Clinical Content Solutions
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Wolters Kluwer Health has collaborated with Epic to offer an integrated suite combining UpToDate Lexidrug, Medi-Span, and UpToDate Patient Education directly within Epic EHR workflows.The combined offering targets safety-net institutions facing budget and resource constraints, including rural hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), state hospitals, tribal healthcare organizations, and small ambulatory practices.The integrated bundle consolidates three
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WellSpan Health and Hippocratic AI Form Multi-Year Co-Development Partnership for Voice AI Agents
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WellSpan Health expanded its multi-year partnership with Hippocratic AI, transitioning from single use cases to a platform-wide deployment across inbound, outbound, ambulatory, and inpatient settings.The health system currently operates "Ana," a generative AI voice agent handling over 160,000 monthly patient calls and 7,000 conversational hours for appointment management and digital access queries.New workflow expansions will focus on proactive outbound care gap closures,
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Akido Unveils First AI-Native Health System Powered by ScopeAI
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Akido announced the expansion of its proprietary ScopeAI technology across 100 clinics, virtual care operations, and field medicine services, serving 1 million patients across California, New York City, and Rhode Island.The company dropped "Labs" from its corporate name to become Akido and debuted "Akido Medical" as the brand for its AI-native physical and digital clinics.ScopeAI operates during visits by organizing real-time clinical pictures and providing diagnostic
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ThinkSono Receives FDA 510(k) Clearance for First AI-Powered DVT Ultrasound Software
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Medical AI developer ThinkSono has secured FDA 510(k) clearance for ThinkSono Guidance, the first AI-powered ultrasound guidance software cleared in the U.S. for evaluating suspected lower-extremity deep vein thrombosis (DVT).Operating via a mobile app connected to compatible Clarius handheld point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) scanners, the system enables non-ultrasound-trained healthcare staff to capture clinical-grade vascular compression cine-loops after 60 to 90 minutes
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Caristo Diagnostics Receives FDA De Novo Authorization for CaRi-Heart AI Platform
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Oxford spin-out Caristo Diagnostics has secured FDA De Novo authorization for CaRi-Heart®, making it the first and only technology authorized in the U.S. to quantify coronary inflammation from routine Coronary CT Angiography (CCTA).CaRi-Heart uses advanced AI to analyze inflammation-driven changes in the pericoronary adipose tissue, generating a Fat Attenuation Index Score (FAI-Score™) and a 10-year personalized cardiovascular mortality risk estimate.The FDA clearance
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